Dan Greaves (discus thrower) explained

Daniel Greaves (born 4 October 1982) is a British athlete who specialises in the discus throw.

Career

Greaves was born in Anstey, Leicestershire in 1982.[1]

Greaves won the gold medal in the F44/46 category discus throw at the 2004 Summer Paralympics in Athens, establishing a new world record with a throw of 55.12m.[2] He had previously won silver at the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney.[3]

Despite being born with a deformity of the feet, Greaves was selected to join the British able-bodied team in a competition against the United States in 2001.

Greaves competed in the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing,[4] winning a bronze medal in the F44 discus throw.

He broke the world record again at the pre-IPC World Athletics Championships in New Zealand in January 2011, throwing 59.98m on his fourth throw.[5] [6]

At the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio, Brazil, he won the bronze medal in the F44 Discus Throw.[7]

He won Bronze at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo. In doing so he became the first British track and field athlete to win medals at six consecutive Paralympic Games.[8] [9]

At the 2021 para-athletics European championships, Dan won the silver medal in the F64 Discus Throw.

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Dan came 4th in the F42/44 Discus Throw.[10]

At the 2023 World Para Athletics Championships, Dan won a bronze medal in the F44 Discus Throw.[11]

Dan was selected to compete at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, aiming for his 7th Paralympic medal.[12] [13] He came 6th in the F64 Discus throw.[14]

Notes and References

  1. "British team for Athens 2004 ", paralympics.org.uk, retrieved 2011-03-05
  2. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/disability_sport/3674290.stm "Greaves takes discus crown"
  3. http://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/536/ "Unique double for Daniel Greaves"
  4. http://www.paralympics.org.uk/show_news.asp?itemid=2192&itemTitle=ParalympicsGB+receive+athletics+nominations+for+the+Beijing+2008+Paralympics&section=000100010006&sectionTitle=News "ParalympicsGB receive athletics nominations for the Beijing 2008 Paralympics"
  5. "'Discus' Dan is a World Record Man", Anstey Clarion, February 2011, p. 1
  6. "IPC WORLDS: Greaves justifies his pre-event billing to take discus gold in New Zealand ", morethangames.co.uk, 26 January 2011, retrieved 2011-03-05
  7. Web site: Moody . Graham . 2016-09-04 . Going for gold: David Weir leads 13 south west London athletes heading to the 2016 Rio Paralympic Games SWLondoner . 2024-10-01 . South West Londoner . en-GB.
  8. Web site: ParalympicsGB 32 athletes added to paralympicsgb athletics team for tokyo 2020 . 2024-10-01 . ParalympicsGB . en.
  9. Web site: 2021-09-02 . Alumnus Greaves makes history with sixth successive Paralympic medal . 2024-10-01 . Loughborough University . en.
  10. Web site: 2022-05-19 . Team England Para Athletes named for Birmingham 2022 . 2024-10-01 . England Athletics . en-GB.
  11. Web site: DAN GREAVES AND SAMMI KINGHORN TO CAPTAIN GB & NI AT WORLD PARA ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS . 2024-10-01 . British Athletics . en-GB.
  12. Web site: Crumley . Euan . 2024-08-29 . Dan Greaves goes for Paralympic medal No.7 in Paris . 2024-10-01 . AW . en-GB.
  13. Web site: 2024-07-25 . Paris 2024: GB's David Weir & Dan Greaves selected to compete in seventh Paralympics . 2024-10-01 . BBC Sport . en-gb.
  14. Web site: Live . Leicestershire . 2024-09-07 . Tearful Dan Greaves reflects on Paralympic journey . 2024-10-01 . Leicestershire Live . en.

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